(Tallahassee, Florida) was the high J3. Hampson and Roditis earned World Team selec- tion as did National Junior Champion Grace Hambu- chen (Maumelle, Arkansas), who built up a 12-point ad- vantage after Nationals to earn her spot despite just a 10th-place showing at NJOSC.
Double Trap (July 26) Jesse Haynes-Lewis (Nah- ant, Massachusetts) left no doubt in his quest to repeat as Junior Olympic National Champion with a wire-to- wire lead in qualifying and then backed that up with a fi- nals win over National Team member Dale Royer (Jack- son, Montana). Dustin Mc- Gowen (Greenwood, Arkan-
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sas) showcased his skill in another shotgun discipline by earning a third-place fin- ish following his fourth-place result in Trap while earning a World Team selection in that event.
McGowen fell short in his
bid for a second World Team position however, as Hank Garvey (Newburyport, Mas- sachusetts) had just enough points built up from a strong Nationals performance to earn the third team spot de- spite a disappointing 11th- place finish at NJOSC. Top J2 (15-17 years of
age) finisher was Tyler Deyo (Johnstown, Ohio) while Grayson Davey (Anchorage, Alaska) picked up his sec- ond high J3 (14 years and younger) honor.
Skeet (July 26-27) Coming into NJOSC with
an almost insurmountable 33-point advantage for World Team selection, there was only one thing that Dania Vizzi (Odessa, Florida) had left to do: leave her leg- acy during the 20-year-old’s final Junior Olympic event. Mission accomplished for the reigning Junior World Champion after winning a third-straight Junior Olympic title. Her margin of victory this time was four points af- ter Katie Jacob (Rochester, Michigan) bested her in the gold-medal final to earn the silver medal and a World Team spot. Jacob’s little sister, Jacenta, was the top finisher in the J3 (14 years and younger) category. Earn- ing a bronze medal and
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World Team spot as well was Sydney Carson (North Lib- erty, Indiana). Carson’s little brother Sam was also on the medal stand, taking home bronze-medal honors in the J3 (14 years and under) cat- egory.
“It was amazing to end
my junior career with not only a three-peat, but my personal best score,” Vizzi said afterwards. “I’m just ex- cited to see what the future holds for me.” Top J2 (15-17 years of
age) finisher was Samantha Simonton (Gainesville, Geor- gia).
Zach McBee (Brady, Tex- as) earned top Junior Olym- pic honors on the men’s side in what would be the tightest contest of the competition, with four points separating
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